Alienated #2 Review: Shrines, Siblings, and a talking Alien

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Set a few weeks after the alien contact on Earth, issue #2 of Alienated by Taki Soma and John Broglia begins with a broadcast reporter talking about humans setting up ‘shrines’ to worship the aliens. The first panel of the issue is comedic, with alien posters and painted walls behind the reporter saying things like “aliens knew” and “they died to warn us.”

Issue #1 of Alienated ended with TJ introducing his grandchildren, Lily and Winter, who are still in school, to the living alien he found. TJ’s alien is one of the rare surviving aliens, while most others were discovered dead across the planet. The chapter ended with a cliffhanger showing the alien seeing some spooky lights that aren’t visible to humans, indicating something dangerous might already be afloat.

With each issue being only 25 pages long, I am still not certain what to think of Alienated, which is a six-part series, although the artwork is fun and the plot is mildly intriguing. Issue #2 focuses more on the personal dynamics between the human characters, like TJ’s blooming romance with a lady at the care home, or the bickering yet supportive sibling bond between Lily and Winter. As far as the alien is concerned, it is still learning how to communicate in English, and its language skills are not yet at the point where it can explain what really happened to the others. So there’s a strong element of mystery over the fate of the deceased aliens and what could happen next.

If you haven’t started this series yet, probably just wait for more issues to be out and I will post an overall review of the comic book series.

Alienated is also on Kindle Unlimited.

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